Sea has contributed to a $31.6m round for Nox, the China-based developer of a programmatic advertising platform that aims to overcome regional differences.

The corporates, together with venture firm Yahoo Japan, have committed $100m to a Southeast Asia-focused tech fund that will invest up to $15m at series B stage and later.

Hospital and clinic operator Columbia Asia has secured $210m in a round that containted $140m from Mitsui, which had previously supplied $101m in 2016.

Fidelity subsidiary Eight Roads Ventures has attracted $375m for a Europe and Israel-focused fund that will target enterprise, consumer, fintech and healthcare IT.

SBI Investment's blockchain and artficial intelligence fund has led a $10.4m series A round for autonomous driving software developer Ascent that will fund R&D.

The wedding services platform developer has received funding from investors including Fosun subsidiary Fosun RZ Capital.

Xiaoguang Sun, a former Intel Capital director, has moved from an MD role at private equity firm Yellow River Capital to head RBVC's China activities.

The on-demand car rental startup has revealed it has secured an eight-figure total across three rounds, two being led by subsidiaries of Baidu and Bertelsmann respectively.

SoftBank invested $40m to lead a $61.4m funding round for Grofers that valued it at $300m, increasing its stake in the online grocer to between 35% and 40%.

Alibaba has doubled its investment in the Southeast Asian online marketplace, having accumulated an 83% stake as of June last year.